Star of Light by Patricia St. John

Author:Patricia St. John [St. John, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781575675411
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 1982-02-08T03:00:00+00:00

Jenny

Many, many miles away, there was a different Christmas party taking place. The children here were also feeling very happy and carefree, like the ones in the nurse’s home.

But it was a quite different kind of party. Instead of oranges and nuts and sweets, there were jellies and trifles and chocolate biscuits, and a big Christmas cake. Instead of black, wet rags there were brightly colored dresses and sweaters, and the girls had bright ribbons in their hair. It should have been a perfect party, and yet when the tea and games were over, and the joyful children gathered by the Christmas tree to sing carols, the grown-up visitors all felt sad, and one small visitor, aged nine, felt saddest of all.

For this was a blind school, and the little singers with their bright faces could not see the tree or the candles or the toys they had been given. They had eaten their meal excitedly and danced merrily up and down to the sound of music, and now they were singing with all their hearts. Jenny, sitting in the audience with her parents, felt very sad. If she always had to live in the dark, she was quite certain she would never be happy again. She shut her eyes for a moment and tried to imagine what it would be like to be blind, but it was really too dreadful even to think about, so she opened them again quickly and watched the children.

They were singing a carol that Jenny herself had learned at school:

“Star of wonder, star of light,

Star with royal beauty bright,

Westward leading, still proceeding,

Guide us to thy perfect Light.”

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